High Court Denies Attorney Fees for Challenge to Denial of Claim Expansion

A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to attorney fees for counsel’s work challenging the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: Seymore v. Shaft Drillers International LLC, No. 22-0376, 03/20/2024, published. Facts and procedural history: Lance Seymore worked for Shaft Drillers International LLC. He established a claim for a compensable injury and then sought to have reflex sympathetic dystrophy added as a condition. A claims administrator for Shaft’s insurance carrier denied the addition of the new condition, and Seym...